Clothes-line holder.



c. B. HAYWARD.

CLOTHES LINE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED ocnzs. 1913.

1,149,757. I Patented Ailg. 10, 1915.

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' WITNESSES:

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAI'H co.,wAsmNuToN. D4 cv UNITED srA'rEs PATEET orrion.

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ZhaZ-l whom, it may concern Be it knownthat I, CHAUnonY B. HAY-l WARD, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of West. Orange, in thecounty of Essex, inthe State of; Ne Jersey, have invented eertain newand. useful Improvements. in Clothes-Line Holders, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

My invention relates to clothesline holders tobe used in connection withendless or pulley clothes lines,for connecting the lower andupperbights. of the line to. prevent unduesagging' of the lower line towhich the clothes, are attached, and which supports the weight of thewet clothes.

The upper and lower bights of a clothes line, ,when theclothes are inplaceon the 6 lower bight and the "same is connected to the upper bight,in the regions where the two biightssare connected together, naturallyfall into: reverse curves that is to: say the upper bight is drawn downat the polnt of attachment, and curves upwardlyiaway therefrom on eitherside, whereast he lower bight, be; ing supported atthefpointofconnection,

falls away therefrom on either side, the amount 'ofsag the precisecurves as sumed: by thetwobights of the line being de pendent upon thelocation inthe line of the connecting means, the amount of tension'towhich the line i'sjsribjected, and'thetweight of the objects supportedby the line.

A holder-constructed accordancefwith my invention" i'sfo-rmed withreference to these ondit ons, be ng made 19 9 a g prefierablyintegral'block of any desirable material, preferably glass orpereele-impr similar vitreous moldable mate-rial, and is catch and bind,as when theline gets into thespace between the pulley and its supsagesformed therein are likewise of subprovided with passages therethrough,which passages are'curved in reverse direction so as to conform tothenatural curves of the two bights of the clothes line, thus permit tingthe line to pass therethrough without the necessity ofv pulleys or othersimilar devices which are likely to tear; the clothes,

port,.and to get out of order in various ways. A holder according to myinvention being made of substantial length, so that the passtantiallength, will not catch or bind on the line in the manner familiar in thecaseof fasteners for tent ropes and the like, which are formed withshort passages and are held in place by being pulled to one side,creating ",epbrires-mm Hornet;

Specification of Manatee, Pat t d A ,;10','1915 Applicatioufiled October25, 1913;. Serial No. 752L246. L

prevents their sliding thereon. a

Ahclothe line holder coinstructedi in acreverse bends or a kink in therope, which cordance with my invention is extremely my:invention'consists in the parts, improvements and comblnatlons hereinset forth and claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and wherein thesame reference numerals are used to designate the same parts throughout,Figure 1 is a view show inga holder accordance with my invention inplace on acl'othes line, Fig. 2 is an end View of'the'holdenand Fig. 3 aside view thereof. v i

Reference numeralr 1 is used to indicate the holder generally and thereverse curved passagestherein which are preferably formed in themolding of theholder, are indicated the numeralsQ, 2. These passages arepreferablycircular in cross section and of the foregoing and relatedobjects in view, I

adiameter substantially twice the diameter of the clothes line withwhich the holder is to be used, or thereabouts, and the inner walls'ithereof'aremade as smooth as possible sothatthe line may pass throughthese passages without any considerable amount of friction er wear Blockbemade thinner at the middleas shown Fig. 2 at 8*, 3 in order to makeitlighter without unnecessary loss of strength, itsedges may be curved"inwardly asshown ate, 4, Fig.

3, in lines generally parallel tothe "curved passages 2, 2, thusimprovlng, the appearance of the article and making it easier to,

hold with wet hands, an important consideration to the washerwomanhanging out the clothes whose hands are substantially always wet whilethis operation is'being performed. a i

Beads 5 are preferably formed at the junction of the inner wall of block1 with the sides and edges thereof to prevent chipping, and to do awaywith objectionably sharp corners.

In order to make use of a holder 1n accordance with my invention, thelower and upper'bights of the clothes line are passed through theopenings 2, 2 respectively, the holder being preferably arrangedinitially just behind the knot or other means where-. by the ends of therope are secured together, such knot or other enlargement being formedinthelower bight of the line just ahead of the holder, so that as theline. is pulled out the knot or other fastening will travel away fromthe pulley or other support over which the rope is passed at theoperators station. If the line is sufficiently [long to require a.number of holders, they r are initially strung along behind one anotherwith the knot or other fastening ahead of the first one, as describedabove.

hen the upper support'of the rope is higher than that at the operatorsstation, as is usually the case, the line passes easily through theopenings 2 and will not move the holder, but it will remain under theinfluence of gravity in the neighborhood of the pulley or other supportat the operators station. If the outer support is as low or lower thanthat at 'Whichthe operator is stationed, the holder can be kept back sonot to interfere with the securing of the clothes tothe line by a merepush of the operators hand without the necessity ofany precautions beingexercised to keep it straight, or

in any given relation to the line.

.Whena sufficient quantity of clothes have been hung on the line torequire that the lower bight be supported from the upper bight, theholder is pushed out, and the the curved passage 2 within which the ropeis received conforms substantially to the curvein the upper bight of theline, and

very little friction isset up between the line Copies of this patent maybe obtained for and the remaining passage 2 conforming to the naturalcurve of the lower bight of the rope, no' twisting stresses are set upto interfere with the free passage of the upper bight of the ropethrough the upper passage 2. If after very long use there at any.

time should be too great wear on the. block within the upper passagewhere it moves on the upper bightof the line, as when a comparativelysoft material is used for constructing the holder, the upper and lowerhalves being substantially identicah it will be readily possibletoreverse the'position of the holder, thus bringing a comparatively unwornsurface to the region of greatest wear. 1 4

It is to be understood that changes may be made inthe construction shownwithin the scope of my claims without departing from my invention, orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having now described my. invention, I claim:- a

1. In aclothes line holder, a'blo ck of substantial length and made ofone piece, the block having curved passages, the passages being curvedin the same plane, said passages also having 5 their ends arranged sothat they diverge where they. emerge from the block, substantially asset forth.

2. A clothes line holder comprising a block of substantial length havingtwo re- In witness whereof I have signed my I name to thisspecification, this 23rd day of October, 1913,' in the presence of twosubfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 'of Patents,Washington, D. G I v, V I

